Is it worry or anxiety?

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵?

We often hear a lot about the negative impact of stress and anxiety on our health – both physical and mental.

But it’s a misconception that all forms of stress and worry are damaging.

When you’re feeling concerned, worried, or stressed, it’s not always a problem that needs to be fixed. In fact, there’s a big difference between simple worry and anxiety.

Worrying and acute stress can actually serve a functional purpose by spurring you on to action or by helping you problem solve, but anxiety can paralyse you and impact your everyday life.

So how do you tell the difference between 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆 and 𝗮𝗻𝘅𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆?

1. Anxiety presents more physical symptoms, so check for increased tension in the body, heart pounding, lightheadedness, or a change in breathing.

2. Worry is temporary, but anxiety sticks around.

3. Worry is connected to specific events like a big presentation at work, whereas anxiety is more general. You can be anxious no matter what’s going on in your life.

4. Worry also doesn’t impact your ability to function in the world, but anxiety can make day-to-day life a lot more difficult.

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